THE SECOND INVESTIGATION

[strangerpeople]

THE SECOND INVESTIGATION

[The morning starts as...most mornings do. Quiet, calm. In space. Next to a jail.

That, however, changes when screams start to emanate from the entrance.]

RUN RUUUUN!!

AAAAAAAH!!

[Soon enough, droves of people are streaming out of the jail, panicking and screaming and in some cases fainting. They start jamming towards the station in a near-stampede, screeching.]

LOOSE! THEY'RE LOOSE!!

THE ANIMALS HAVE ESCAPED THE PEN!!

[...Oh dear.

Help?]

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INVESTIGATION START

[strangerpeople]

[There's a beeping sound throughout the compound once the body is properly found. Naturally, it's the Conductor's voice that echoes through the prison.]

All right, then. It appears the Midnight Cells are out of the equation now. I shall inform the Empress. And while I do that, I suggest you begin investigating immediately.

[The clock appears again on everyone's cuffs.]

Oh...and do be quick. Your audience is liable to taint the crime scene if you don't.

[Wait, what-]

EVIDENCE SEARCH

[strangerpeople]

COMPUTER ROOM

[strangerpeople]

ANIMAL PEN

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WARDEN'S OFFICE

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SHOWER ROOM

[strangerpeople]

BASIC INFORMATION

[strangerpeople]

NAME: Atsushi Nakajima, The Rushlight
TIME OF DEATH: 8:05 AM
CAUSE OF DEATH: Penetrative trauma
INJURY CHART: H E R E

EVIDENCE LIST

[strangerpeople]

COMPUTER ROOM (10 clues)

[strangerpeople]

[Please link evidence found in the computer room here!]

ANIMAL PEN (3 clues)

[strangerpeople]

[Please link evidence found in the animal pen here!]

WARDEN'S OFFICE (2 clues)

[strangerpeople]

[Please link evidence found in the warden's office here!]

SHOWER ROOM (4 clues)

[strangerpeople]

[Please link evidence found in the shower room here!]

[otherworldlyking]

[ Some people are trying to sleep you know.

He yawns, coming out to see the commotion. ]

...This really isn't my problem.

[ He'll just wait a bit to see if anyone else does anything. ]

[higanbana]

[Have a smol who was also trying to sleep. Rockin' that bedhead, over here.]

Mn... nor mine, but it is likely in our best interest to try to do something about it... I guess.

[katzenpfote]

[Caleb just looks at the space jail, uninterested.]

Good for them.

[unwittingking]

[SURPRISE SURPRISE, the dog is one of the first people out to see this panic. Big ears are quite handy quite a bit here, surprisingly.

So, he never went to see the animals, so how bad is it looking?]

[otherworldlyking]

[ Siiighh... ]

Fine...what a pain.

[ Time to go see what's going on with the animals?? Just going to take his time, probably. ]

[strangerpeople]

[For starts, everyone is screaming about the animals being lose. Especially the monsters. The ones that will eat everyone and their souls.

...

And they put those in the petting zoo. Well then.

He should probably get further into the compound to check it out.]

[higanbana]

[Following along, covering her mouth to conceal a yawn as she does.

Takin' their sweet-ass time, these two.

So, aside from screaming rich people, any actual animals around? Monsters? Hey there, demons, it's us, ya squad?]

[strangerpeople]

[That...is going to take a bit, what with everyone jostling and screaming as they stream towards the exits.

They will, however, find no animals in the entrance area.]

[unwittingking]

…yes, because that's an amazing idea! Keeping animals that can eat souls in the petting zoo! BRILLIANT!

[These people are idiots...

Against his better judgement, he's going to try and get through the crowd. Maybe he can get the animals back where they belong, assuming he can actually talk with them and not just at them?]

[charmingheroine]

[The bustle might be a bit of a hindrance, but the skirt is the worst of it - to hell with these space Limeys' ideas of propriety, Charlotte's hiking it up and running where people are running from.

It's what she's trained to do, after all, and if she's lucky this new power might be helpful. Priorities being what they are... is the unicorn visible once she gets there?]

[strangerpeople]

[That assumes which animals are where.

So, where would King like to check for the animals?]

[strangerpeople]

[It's going to take a bit once she finally passes the screaming masses and gets into the jail, but it doesn't look like the unicorn is there. At least, not in the entrance area.

She may have to look elsewhere.]

[unwittingking]

[How about the animal pen itself? Maybe one of them didn't go far from it?]